Here are some highlights from the world of opinion, along with the latest editorials from The Oregonian editorial board.

Bloomberg View columnist Michael Kinsley writes for the Los Angeles Times about the propensity of our presidential candidates to act like cartoon versions of themselves.
"While (Mitt) Romney is reinventing himself as a cartoon conservative,
President
Obama seems to be turning into a cartoon liberal," Kinsley writes.
"He also has his great 'other': 'fat-cat bankers on Wall Street,' as he
once elegantly
summarized it. Why must Obama vilify people to reform the institutions
where they work?"